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The Ark Is Placed in the Temple

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leading fathers[a] of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, in order to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from the City of David, that is, from Zion. All the men of Israel gathered in the presence of the king at the festival that takes place during the seventh month.[b] Then when all the elders of Israel had come, the priests, who were Levites,[c] lifted up the Ark.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:2 The leaders of the various societal units in Israel are frequently called fathers.
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:3 That is, the Festival of Shelters, traditionally Tabernacles
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:4 In this verse the Hebrew text simply says Levites. In 1 Kings 8:3 the reading is the priests.